mn35:5.1 Now at that time around five hundred Licchavis were sitting together at the town hall on some business.
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mn35:5.2 Then Saccaka went up to them and said,
mn35:5.3 “Come forth, good Licchavīs, come forth! Today I am going to have a discussion with the ascetic Gotama.
mn35:5.4 If he stands by the position stated to me by one of his well-known disciples—a mendicant named Assaji—I’ll take him on in debate and drag him to and fro and round about, like a strong man would grab a fleecy sheep and drag it to and fro and round about!
mn35:5.6 Taking him on in debate, I’ll drag him to and fro and round about, like a strong brewer’s worker would toss a large brewer’s sieve into a deep lake, grab it by the corners, and drag it to and fro and round about!
mn35:5.8 Taking him on in debate, I’ll shake him down and about, and give him a beating, like a strong brewer’s mixer would grab a strainer by the corners and shake it down and about, and give it a beating!
mn35:5.10 I’ll play a game of hemp-washing with the ascetic Gotama, like a sixty-year-old elephant would plunge into a deep lotus pond and play a game of hemp-washing!
mn35:5.12 Come forth, good Licchavīs, come forth! Today I am going to have a discussion with the ascetic Gotama.”